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  2. Ratum sed non consummatum - Wikipedia

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    The term ratum sed non consummatum (Latin: ratified but not consummated) or ratum et non consummatum[1] (Latin: ratified and not consummated) refers to a juridical-sacramental category of marriage in Catholic matrimonial canon law. If a matrimonial celebration takes place (ratification) but the spouses have not yet engaged in intercourse ...

  3. Declaration of nullity - Wikipedia

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    A "Declaration of Nullity" is not the dissolution of an existing marriage (as is a dispensation from a marriage ratum sed non consummatum and an "annulment" in civil law), but rather a determination that consent was never validly exchanged due to a failure to meet the requirements to enter validly into matrimony and thus a marriage never existed.

  4. Annulment - Wikipedia

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    In the canon law of the Catholic Church, an annulment is properly called a "Declaration of Nullity", because according to Catholic doctrine, the marriage of baptized persons is a sacrament and, once consummated and thereby confirmed, cannot be dissolved as long as the parties to it are alive.

  5. Vetitum - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In the canon law of the Catholic Church, a vetitum ( Latin for "a prohibited thing") is a prohibition, in the form of a precept, imposed by an ecclesiastical judge on a particular individual, in connection with declaring the nullity of marriage, that prevents them from contracting another marriage, at least until the cause of the nullity ...

  6. Vitandus and toleratus - Wikipedia

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    Vitandus. A vitandus (Latin for " (one) to be avoided"; plural: vitandi) was someone subject to a decree of excommunication which called for Catholics to shun them. [3][4] The three criteria to be a vitantus were: [5] the decree of excommunication must be publicly announced. the excommunicate's name must be mentioned in the decree.

  7. Declaration (law) - Wikipedia

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    In the canon law of the Catholic Church, a declaration of nullity, (commonly called an annulment and less commonly a decree of nullity) [1] is authoritative judgment on the part of an ecclesiastical tribunal juridically establishing the fact that a marriage was invalidly contracted or, less frequently, a judgment juridically establishing the fact that an ordination was invalidly conferred.

  8. List of motu proprios - Wikipedia

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    Canon law of theCatholic Church. This is a sortable, incomplete, list of motu proprios by pontifical authors. Pastoral care for the sick and erection of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers. Established a new coordinating agency for economic and administrative affairs of the Holy See and the Vatican City State.

  9. Roman Rota - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Roman Rota, formally the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota (Latin: Tribunal Apostolicum Rotae Romanae), and anciently the Apostolic Court of Audience, is the highest appellate tribunal of the Catholic Church, with respect to both Latin Church members [1] and the Eastern Catholic members [2] and is the highest ecclesiastical court ...